You and a friend are building something. It feels easy right now, which is exactly why this is the moment most people skip the conversation that protects them.

A founder agreement writes down who owns what, who does what, and what happens if someone leaves. Skip it, and you're trusting that four people's memories and goodwill will hold up under money and stress. They rarely do.

The piece that causes the most damage when it's missing is vesting, the idea that founders earn their shares over time instead of owning them all on day one. Without it, a co-founder can walk after a few months and keep a huge slice of the company forever. That "dead equity" sitting on your cap table can scare off investors and poison a future raise. The other landmine is silence about disagreements, so the first real fight has no agreed way to resolve it.

The pattern is always the same: the agreement felt awkward early, so everyone skipped it, and it became a lawsuit later.

Putting it in writing while everyone's still friendly is the whole point. We help co-founders do that clearly and fairly, free, if you qualify.